| Day: | | Tuesday, 6 September 2011 |
| Time: | | 08:30 - 18:00 |
| Site: | | Morning: Room Chicago, Exhibition Entrance Central, 3rd floor |
| | Afternoon:
Room Osaka, Exhibition Entrance Central, 2nd floor (Silicon Session) and
Room St. Petersburg, Exhibition Entrance Central, 2nd floor (Thin Film Session) |
| Access: | | With valid registration for the 26th EU PVSEC Conference
or Special One Day Admission for EU PVSEC Parallel Events
for Tuesday, 6 September |
Download PV Production Forum Conference Brochure pdf
This forum addresses best practices and case studies that can assist PV production management, purchasing staff, and product managers how to increase throughput, efficiency, and save money in their production fabs.
The Forum will feature presentations arranged around several focal topics including silicon and thin film production, which will be led by IPVEA members and other industry experts. The PV Production Forum 2011 will provide an essential opportunity for networking across all segments of the PV value chain along with informing its participants about the changing dynamics, technologies and developments in the PV manufacturing supply chain.
The PV Production Forum 2011 is jointly organized by EU PVSEC and IPVEA - International PV Equipment Association during the 26th EU PVSEC.
Sponsor of the PV Production Forum 2011
Programme Outline
Market Session
08:30-11:45 Room Chicago, Exhibition Entrance Central, 3rd floor
08:30-09:00
- Status of the Global Equipment and Materials Market for PV Factories in the World PDF Download
John West, President, VLSI Research
09:00-09:45
- FAB Manager Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mark Osbourne, Senior Editor, Photovoltaics International, PV-Tech.org
Panelist:
Dr. HUANG Qiang Vice President of Technology, Director of State Key Lab of PV Science and Technology, China. TRINA SOLAR LIMITED
Dr. Florian Holzapfel, Chief Executive Officer, Calyxo GmbH
Dr. Pietro Rossetto, Chief Engineer of Wafer Unit and Vice Director of Tech Center, LDK Solar
Dr. Stuart Wenham, Chief Technology Officer, Suntech
09:45-10:15
- Reducing Manufacturing Cost/Wp through Smart and Forward-thinking Factory Planning, Design & Construction Download pdf
Helfried Weinzerl, Business Development Manager Solar PV, CH2M HILL
10:15-10:30 BREAK
10:30-11:15
- Panel Session - Equipment Executive Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Markus Hoehner, CEO, Hoehner Research & Consulting Group
Panelist:
Mr. Dieter Manz, Chief Executive Officer, Manz Automation AG
Mr. Peter Tinner, Head of Sales & Marketing at Oerlikon Solar
Dr. Peter Fath, CTO at Centrotherm Photovoltaics
Dr. Charlie Gay, President, Applied Solar
Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser, CTO, Meyer Burger Technology Ltd.
11:15-11:45
- Integrated PV Value Chain – A Smarter Approach to Success! PDF Download
Christian Seider, Solar Industry Leader Europe, IBM Sales and Consulting
11:45-13:30 LUNCH BREAK
Silicon Session
13:30-18:00 Room Osaka, Exhibition Entrance Central, 2nd floor
- 13:30-14:00
Considerations about the Return on Investment (ROI) for Online Analyzers in the Polysilicon Production, PDF Download
Dr. Akbar Tellenbach, Product Marketing, Siemens
- 14:00-14:30
Optimized Handling and Automation in Wafer and Cell Mass Manufacturing, PDF Download
Dr. Roland Wertz, Group Leader, Fraunhofer IPA
- 14:30-15:00
Novel Structuring Solution for Solar Cells via Etching Paste Deposited in a Dispensing Process, PDF Download
Dr. Andreas Reischl, Product Manager PV, SCHILLER AUTOMATION
15:00-15:15 BREAK
- 15:15-15:45
Fully Integrated Tracking in the PV Industry,
Sylvère Leu, Chief Innovation Officer, Meyer Burger Technology
- 15:45-16:15
Latest Flexible Automation versus Manual Work in Mass Production of Cell- and Modules, PDF Download
Carsten Busch, Head of Solar PV, ABB Automation
- 16:15-16:45
Modeling to Determine the Most Favourable Soldering Parameters in Respect to Cell Efficiency, PDF Download
Joachim Ufheil, Process Technology Specialist, Somont
16:45-17:00 BREAK
- 17:00-17:30
Solar Cell Conductive Film (SCF): A New Connecting Material between Ribbon and Solar Cells, PDF Download
Arnout Peters, Product Manager, Sony Chemicals Europe
- 17:30-18:00
High Quality Modules Production with 100% In-Line Testing, PDF Download
Jean Revel, R&D Engineer, Komax Solar
Thin Film Session
13:30-18:00 Room St. Petersburg, Exhibition Entrance Central, 2nd floor
- 13:30-14:00
Deposition of Backside Passivation Layers in Mass Production
Dr. Silvia Roth, Vice President Marketing / Investor Relations, Authorised Officer, Roth & Rau
- 14:00-14:30
Vertical Integration – Benefits and Limitations PDF Download
Klaus Eberhardt, Technology Manager PV, M+W Germany
- 14:30-15:00
Advanced Equipment for Thin Film PV Coatings on Glass PDF Download
Jörg Hahn, Manager Sales & Marketing Solar Division, Leybold Optics
15:00-15:15 BREAK
16:45-17:00 BREAK
- 17:00-17:30
Efficiency Improvements and Shorter Return on Invest on Thin Film PV Modules PDF Download
Thomas Umschlag, Head of sales clean room systems, Manz
- 17:30-18:00
In-line Monitoring of Layer Thickness and Composition of CIGS and CdTe Thin Film Layers PDF Download
Steffen Uredat, R&D Department, LayTec in-line
